Watching Kayla Konwent hit during practice is an exercise in hearing, eyesight and physics for spectators.
Tuesday's session for the University of Wisconsin softball team included an early home run derby segment, and Konwent launched several pitches into orbit. One blast landed just to right of the UW scoreboard in deep center field at Goodman Softball Complex.
The sound off the bat when Konwent makes contact is “not like anyone else I've ever heard,” graduate infielder Lauren Foster said with a laugh before practice.
“It's awesome,” said Foster, who earlier in the conversation also called Konwent a “legend” in Wisconsin softball history.